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Top Ten Reader Photos

RECORD’s photo galleries contain thousands of images submitted by our community of readers. On a biweekly basis, we present a top-ten list of our favorite contributions to the galleries, which feature everything from residential and green projects to architects’ drawings and architectural photography.

To browse  photos and submit your work, visit our Reader Photo Galleries.

VOTE: Now readers can vote for their favorite images from our Top Ten Reader Photo lists. We will publish winning images in a future print issue of RECORD. The images from the November 13 and November 27 Top Ten lists with the most votes by December 4 will be published in our January issue.

 

Top Ten: November 13, 2009

Top Ten: November 13, 2009
In this edition, we spotlight photos of work by Santiago Calatrava and 17th-century Japanese designer Kobori Enshū. We also single out images of sustainable projects—from a Los Angeles animal shelter to a Tijuana high-rise.

Photo courtesy rikki_dy-liacco

Top Ten: October 23, 2009

Top Ten: October 23, 2009
This week, our favorite images show projects by Morphosis, UN Studio, and Renzo Piano, and they were taken in locations ranging from coastal Portugal to the Arizona desert.

Photo courtesy dncohn

Top Ten: October 09, 2009

Top Ten: October 9, 2009
In this installment of our biweekly top-ten list, we feature photos of a Vancouver train station, a restored work by Eliel and Eero Saarinen, and houses in Mexico, Ontario, and New Orleans.

Photo courtesy derek

Top Ten: September 25, 2009

Top Ten: September 25, 2009
For this week’s Top Ten Reader Photos, we’ve selected images of projects in cities as small as Morgantown, West Virginia, and Lafayette, Louisiana, and as large as New York, Berlin, and São Paulo.

Photo courtesy nmarshall

Top Ten: September 11, 2009

Top Ten: September 11, 2009
Our favorite images for this week include a Seattle office building, a Pittsburgh residential project, new additions to our Architect’s Hand and Vernacular galleries, and more.

Photo courtesy ghanson

Top Ten: August 14, 2009

Top Ten: August 28, 2009
In this edition of Top Ten Reader Photos, we have selected shots of work by John Lautner, I.M. Pei, and Peter Zumpthor, as well as images of residential projects in Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and Scotland.

Photo courtesy mkondo

Top Ten: August 14, 2009

Top Ten: August 14, 2009
Our favorite images this week include a visitor's center by Holzer Kobler Architekturen dedicated to a Bronze-Age guide to the heavens, a photo of a New Jersey train station from our Vernacular galleries, some additions to our new gallery dedicated to religious structures, and more.

Photo courtesy vkoenig

Top Ten: July 31, 2009

Top Ten: July 31, 2009
This week, we’ve selected images of residential projects in Georgia and Utah, a Texas vernacular façade with echos in an Oslo Opera House, and more.

Photo courtesy sclicque

Top Ten: July 17, 2009

Top Ten: July 17, 2009
This week, we feature new photos from our Vernacular Architecture gallery, two impressions of Gehry projects, a building in Baton Rouge, products from Bogotá, and more.

Image courtesy s_a_sipkin

Top Ten: July 03, 2009

Top Ten: July 03, 2009
In this edition, we spotlight photos of work by Frank Lloyd Wright and Santiago Calatrava, a new addition to our Vernacular Architecture gallery, a Cuban interior from a pre-revolution nightclub, and more.

Image courtesy a.miliacca

Top Ten: June 12, 2009

Top Ten: June 12, 2009
This week, our featured images include photos of very different libraries in Princeton and Guatemala City, a Spanish residential project, a green transformation of a furniture company’s headquarters, and more.

Image courtesy lavora

Top Ten: May 15, 2009

Top Ten: May 29, 2009
Our favorite images this week include photographs of work by Cass Gilbert and Oscar Niemeyer, planned low-income housing for people living with HIV/AIDS, a LEED-Platinum office, and more.

Image courtesy shanks.bradley

Top Ten: May 15, 2009

Top Ten: May 15, 2009
This week, we’ve selected images of students studying Kahn’s Salk Institute, an SOM-designed telescope in Arizona, a $5,000 house, and residential projects in locations from Malibu to Iran.

Image courtesy liliana_gonzalez22

Top Ten: May 01, 2009

Top Ten: May 01, 2009
This week, our featured images include an architecture school in Pennsylvania, a pottery museum in Georgia, a housing complex in Gdansk, and more.

Image courtesy miek37

Top Ten: April 10, 2009

Top Ten: April 10, 2009
This week, we spotlight images of projects in San Francisco, Seattle, and Savannah, a furniture from our Products gallery, new additions to our Vernacular Architecture gallery, and more.

Photo courtesy tolynnwang

Top Ten: March 27, 2009

Top Ten: March 27, 2009
This week’s best images include photographs of Brutalism in India and a contemporary Beijing hotel, projects in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, selections from our Architect’s Hand gallery, and more.

Photo courtesy upwithit

Top Ten: March 13, 2009

Top Ten: March 13, 2009
Our favorite images this week include photographs of buildings in L.A. and Seattle, student work from Vietnam, a series of beach houses, and more.

Photo courtesy jking

Top Ten: February 27, 2009

Top Ten: February 27, 2009
This week, we highlight images showing vernacular architecture in Albuquerque, a Modern classic in Connecticut, a LEED-Gold manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, and more.

Image courtesy nathan

Top Ten: February 13, 2009

Top Ten: February 13, 2009
This week, our featured images include residential projects in Ireland and India, photographs of work on both U.S. coasts (and in the Midwest), computer-aided and hand-drawn renderings, and more.

Image courtesy lacittavita

Top Ten: January 30, 2009

Top Ten: January 30, 2009
This week, we spotlight images of projects in Australia and Pennsylvania, photographs from Warsaw and London, a master plan for a Chinese city, new additions to our Vernacular Architecture gallery, and more.

Submitted by mail

Top Ten: January 16, 2009

Top Ten: January 16, 2009
This week, our favorite images include photographs of historic and contemporary concrete, urban and rural residences, new additions to our Vernacular Architecture gallery, and more.

Image courtesy dbriggs

Top Ten: January 02, 2009

Top Ten: January 2, 2009
This week, we feature photographs of architecture in San Francisco and Siberia, standout student work, residential projects, and more.

Image courtesy fmd

Top Ten: December 12, 2008

Top Ten: December 12, 2008
This week, our favorite images include shots of residential projects in Brazil, Japan, and Texas, as well as photographs of projects by Steven Holl and Snøhetta.

Image courtesy arturmausbach

Top Ten: November 28, 2008

Top Ten: November 28, 2008
This week, our featured images include new and historic university buildings, a vernacular shipping container adaptation, and more.

Image courtesy jason

Top Ten: November 14, 2008

Top Ten: November 14, 2008
This week, our featured images include residences in Australia and Argentina, photographs of projects in Oslo and Chicago, and six other highlights from our reader galleries.

Image courtesy shane

Top Ten: October 31, 2008

Top Ten: October 31, 2008
This week, we feature images of residential projects in Chicago and Caracas, as well as photographers’ work showing buildings in Las Vegas and Malmö, Sweden.

Image courtesy jliu

Top Ten: October 17, 2008

Top Ten: October 17, 2008
This week, we’ve selected images of a residential project in Mexico and an architects’ studio in San Antonio, as well as photographers’ work featuring projects by Tadao Ando and Foster + Partners.

Image courtesy admin

Top Ten: October 3, 2008

Top Ten: October 3, 2008
This week, our favorite images include a Wyoming residential project, a photographer’s shot of a 17th-centruy architectural detail, and more selections from our new Vernacular Architecture gallery.

Image courtesy ttlens / © Roger Wade

Top Ten: September 19, 2008

Top Ten: September 19, 2008
This week, our featured images include a school in Colorado, a residence in Australia, Niemeyer’s Communist Party Headquarters in Paris, selections from our new Vernacular Architecture gallery, and more.

Image courtesy cbradley

Top Ten: September 5, 2008

Top Ten: September 5, 2008
This week, our featured images include projects in locations from Brazil to Bellevue, Washington, as well as examples of green design, student work, and more.

Image courtesy claudia

Top Ten: August 22, 2008

Top Ten: August 22, 2008
This week, our featured images include projects in Beijing and a Michigan state park, as well as photography of architecture in Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

Image courtesy tspaulding

Top Ten: August 8, 2008

Top Ten: August 8, 2008
This week, we feature projects in Arkansas and Mexico City, as well as photography of architecture in Oklahoma and Iran.

Image courtesy Melissa

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